Boiling weed?

Hey, if one was to throw some weed into boiling water for a while, then drink it (weed and water) would you get high? I know THC needs to be heat activated, and wondered if this could be a shortcut to actually cooking with it.

 

nah man its not the heat that is necessary, it is the drawing of the thc out of bud. heat makes this process possible with oils, the most common method. alchohol isnt hot. but it draws the chems out caus theyre soluable.

not soluable in water

 

hmm... i was watching the documentary grass the other night. in it there was this guy who was making a weed cake. he took a bunch of weed, tossed it in a pan, and browned it on a really low setting on the stove. now Ive seen this done with weed and butter but never just weed. the guy proceeded to say that the browned weed could be used to bake with in any concoction. but i bet it would taste really bad, but he seems to think it works. i too believe this method would work, but not nearly as efficiently as any butter extraction method.

 

browning the weed thus acheived nothing? if hes then gonna bake it?

 

THC is only alcohol or oil soluable.

Meaning if the weed isn't mixed with alcohol or oil, you won't get high ingesting it.
You don't need heat but that does speed up the process.

 

Can you make stem tea? I have heard of this just wondering if anyone knew.

 

activating it i guess. it was in the documentary Grass. its the only non extraction method of cooking ive seen

 

activating?

dont be gullible! if heat is required to activate, then this would be acheived in the baking process.

 

i've actually read on a few butter recipes in the past about the browning the weed first.. i cant remember what it does though

 

this is from Cannabis Culture

4) Does weed need to be heated to activate the THC?

While overcooking cannabis will destroy THC activity, normal cooking temperatures can actually increase the potency by activating THC. Times and temperatures vary based on quantities used

 

this is really pissing me off, unless there is any evidence as to why heating the weed would make it more potent, please show, otherwise quoting some article somewhere is meaningless.

i mean what is a 'normal cooking temperature'?

its all bs as far as i can see

 

Last time I ate it I made a fat weed pancake. It was good.

 

well... im guessing normal cooking temperature would be something below 180F since thc starts to burn when heated above 180F

 

dude, there are 2 things that increase the potency of a plant, curring and heating.
in a plant, most THC is in the form of THC carboxylic acid which is inactive. to ACTIVATE the THC it needs to be decarboxylated. the process of cureing will increase the active THC which is well known. but what is also well know, but seems lately less accepted is, heat will also decarboxylate alot the THC carboxylic acid to further increase the potential potency of the weed.

 

forgot to find any sources last night.

as Jo k er man Said CC is a source, but he just found the quote, i found an article. http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2794.html

also there are many different refs and tid-bits floating around on the subject.

i found another. http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/faq/12-heating.htm

 

People boil pipes to get the resin out but dont really boil the weed itself.

 

Maybe cooking (frying or browning) the weed by itself makes it more digestible so we can break it down and get to the THC without an oil solution?

 

I know that man, that's why I'd be eating the weed that I just boiled. I was basically asking if it would activate the THC. Or does it have to be extracted in a fat or alcohol as well? Is it just the heat, or is it heat + extraction?

I suppose I could just use milk, right? It's got fat.

 

yea... i found the whole article.. i just posted the relivent part of the article to this post

 

nah, we got different articles. your quote was from get cooked!, which is a pretty good reference for people with weed cooking questions. the article i found was was entitled Decarboxylation. it is a question and answer which discuses THCA.

the other article i found is a better ref.